Category: Business
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Brettro Design System: Global Design Decisions
View Post: Brettro Design System: Global Design DecisionsAs I did more reading on design systems, I realized I need to think through some larger concepts and ideas.
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Adobe CC Libraries: What Are They?
View Post: Adobe CC Libraries: What Are They?In 2015 Adobe released CC Libraries as part of Adobe Creative Cloud. Get a high-level overview and a look at how Brettro uses and organizes them.
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How ‘Resilient Management’ Helps, Part 1
View Post: How ‘Resilient Management’ Helps, Part 1Lara Hogan’s book “Resilient Management” provides a great reference for managers and served as a great validator of my management style.
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My Creative Toolbox
View Post: My Creative ToolboxI ran across a post in 2014 where the writer documented his web development toolbox. I loved the idea, so I’ve documented my toolbox here.
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What Is ‘Uncle Sam, Inc.’?
View Post: What Is ‘Uncle Sam, Inc.’?It’s important to me to keep a clear separation from the work I do for the government and the work I do on my own.
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Content Management Systems I’ve Used
View Post: Content Management Systems I’ve UsedDocumenting the content management systems I’ve used over the years.
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Closing Brettro
View Post: Closing BrettroAfter 12 years in business I closed Brettrospective Media’s virtual doors in mid-2017.
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The Bland Brettrospective
View Post: The Bland BrettrospectiveAs I rekindled my blog I realized its custom theme hadn’t been touched in nearly seven years so as I design and develop the new one I plan to document my decisions and the things I learn here.
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Where Have I Been?
View Post: Where Have I Been?With an already demanding full-time job, I was burning the candle at both ends trying to meet the needs of my clients and the demands of my job and in early 2013 I burnt out.
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On ExpressionEngine vs. WordPress
View Post: On ExpressionEngine vs. WordPressBecause I was already using ExpressionEngine on a daily basis, I felt that I needed to use WordPress on a website that I would also work with daily so that I would become equally as familiar with it. And so I chose WordPress to be the CMS for brettro.com.
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Submitting to Subversion
View Post: Submitting to SubversionLearn how integrating the Subversion (SVN) version control system into the Brettro workflow both formalized and streamlined its website production.
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Web Designer vs. Print Designer
View Post: Web Designer vs. Print DesignerBrettro outlines the main differences in skill sets required between web designers and graphic designers, but wants you to weigh in.